Improvement in hames



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No'.l65,249. Patentedjulye-,wm-

WITNESSES INVENTDRS V I l ATTORNEYS UNI'IEE STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JAMES D. L. NUNNELEE, OE CENTREVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND WELLINGTON H. KIRKSEY, OF BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT lN vHAMES.

.Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,249, dated July 6, 1875; application tiled May 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.: l

Be it knownvthat we, JAMES D. L. NUN- NELEE, ot' Centreville, in the county of Hickman andState ot' Tennessee, and- WELLING- TON H. KIRKSEY, of Booneville, in the county of Prcntiss and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in IIanIes5 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,

and to the letters and gures ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of my hame, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail views.

This invention has relation to attachments for haines; and the nature of our invention consists in certain novel devices, hereinafter described, whereby the fastenings for the npper haine-string can be easily adjusted for collars of different sizes, and for any other purpose.

In theannexed drawings, A designates a llame, which may be made wholly or in part ofwood or iron of the well-known form. B designates the ring or loop for thc reception ot' the upper name-strap C. D designates the hook to which the tug-chains are attached,

A recess, l), is made upper end, and a slot, b', is also made laterally through the haine from this recess b, which slot is equal in length to the lengtlr of the recess. In the recess b a plate, c, is rigidly se-` cured, having a number of notches, d, in its edge, which are equidistant from each other. B designates the loop, designed to receive through it the upper hamestrap,l which loop is formed on a iiat sha-nk, 6, having lugs e e formed en its end at right angles to it, which lugs form a fork adapted to enter into the notches d, andl to scrve, in combination With the lugs forming these notches, as means for iirmly holding the loop in any desi-red position, and allowing it to be readily adjusted up or down when the strap C is removed from it. The shank e 0f the loop E is passed through the slot b', and when the strap C is in its loop the whole are held firmly in place. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hame, the adj ustableloop B, constiiucted with a shank, e, and lugs e e', in combination with the notched plate c and strap C, substan tially as described.

- In testimony that We claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES DE MARQUIS LAFAYETTE NUNNELEE. WELLINGION'HENRY KIRKSE Y.

Witnesses: y J oEN TAYLOR PRICE, R. W. GRE. 

